Odonis Odonis are a Canadian industrial and electronic music group from Toronto, Ontario.[1]

Odonis Odonis
Odonis Odonis performing in 2021
Background information
OriginToronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Years active2009–present
Labels
Members
  • Dean Tzenos
  • Denholm Whale
Past members
  • Chris Slorach
  • Jarod Gibson
Websiteodonisodonis.com

History

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Odonis Odonis was formed by Dean Tzenos after he left Ten Kens,[2] and also included Jarod Gibson and Denholm Whale.[3] In 2009 the trio recorded a group of tracks that would become their album Hard Boiled Soft Boiled, but then released a different set of material as their debut album Hollandaze in 2011. That album appeared on the !earshot Campus and Community National Top 50 Albums chart in January 2012.[4]

Hard Boiled Soft Boiled, was eventually released in 2014.[2] The album was marked by a dichotomy between the first half of the album, which comprised aggressive and hard-edged industrial music, and the second half, which softened into shoegaze-influenced electronic dream pop.[5] In addition to the album's Polaris nomination, the band received a Prism Prize nomination in 2015 for their video "Order in the Court", directed by Lee Stringle.[6]

In 2016 the band followed up with their third album, Post Plague.[3] The compact disc version was released by felte, the vinyl version by felte and Telephone Explosion Records and the compact cassette tape version by Geertruida.[7][8]

In 2017 the band released their fourth album, No Pop.[9] The record received an 8.1 rating from Pitchfork[10]

Their fifth album, Spectrums, was released on October 15, 2021.[11] The album was nominated for the 2023 Juno for Electronic Album of The Year.[12]

Discography

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Studio albums

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Title Details
Hollandaze
Hard Boiled Soft Boiled
  • Released: April 25, 2014
  • Label: Buzz Records
  • Format: Cassette, CD, Digital download, LP
Post Plague
  • Released: June 27, 2016
  • Label: Felte Records/Geertruida/Telephone Explosion Records
  • Format: Cassette, CD, Digital download, LP
No Pop
  • Released: October 20, 2017
  • Label: Felte Records
  • Format: CD, Digital download, LP
Spectrums
  • Released: October 25, 2021
  • Label: Felte Records
  • Format: Digital download, LP
Title Details
Lotus Plaza/Odonis Odonis
  • Released: July 18, 2011
  • Label: Palmist (FatCat)
  • Format: CD, Digital download, LP
Better
  • Released: April 16, 2013
  • Label: Buzz Records
  • Format: Digital download, LP
Reaction
  • Released: April 12, 2019
  • Label: Felte Records
  • Format: Digital Download, LP
ICON
  • Released: June 19, 2023
  • Label: Felte Records
  • Format: Digital Download, LP

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2023 Juno Awards Electronic Album of the Year Spectrums Nominated [13]

References

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  1. ^ "Odonis Odonis Talk Their New Old Album 'Hard Boiled Soft Boiled'". Exclaim!, April 10, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Odonis Odonis: Everything New Is Old". Exclaim!, April 22, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "We did a virtual reality interview with Toronto's Odonis Odonis". Now, June 21, 2016.
  4. ^ "The National Top 50 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, January 3, 2012". !earshot.
  5. ^ "Odonis Odonis – ‘Hard Boiled Soft Boiled’". NME, April 11, 2014.
  6. ^ "Prism Prize announces Top 10 best Canadian music videos of 2014". Vancouver Sun, February 12, 2015.
  7. ^ Darville, Jordan (April 26, 2016). "Odonis Odonis's "Nervous" Is A Visceral Pushback Against The Online World". The Fader. Archived from the original on April 29, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  8. ^ Taake, Sandro (June 24, 2016). "Odonis Odonis' 'Post Plague' album out now". Maxazine. Archived from the original on July 3, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  9. ^ Daniel Sylvester, "Odonis Odonis: No Pop". Exclaim!, October 16, 2017.
  10. ^ "Odonis Odonis: No Pop". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  11. ^ Matt Bobkin, "Odonis Odonis Announce New Album 'Spectrums'". Exclaim!, March 9, 2021.
  12. ^ Paul Grein,"The Weeknd Tops 2023 Juno Awards Nominations: Full List". Billboard, January 31, 2023.
  13. ^ "2023 ELECTRONIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR | Odonis Odonis |". Junoawards.ca. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
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